August 14-19: Justin Ricks teamed up with Jim Rebenack for the 6-day, 20,000 feet of elevation gain, 120-mile Gore-Tex Trans Rockies Run, which started in Buena Vista and ended in Beaver Creek, CO. Ricks and Rebenack were battling it out all week long with a strong Team Run Flagstaff and Team Salomon, securing a very solid 2nd place overall in the open men team category with a combined time of 16 hrs 21 min 2 sec. Even more impressive was when Rebenack, after the 6 days of racing, found out that the foot injury he suffered during day one of the race turned out to be a broken bone!
Congrats Team Colorado!
Rebenack & Ricks (in grey) 2nd OA with Team Run Flagstaff (center) and Team Salomon (left) Photo:Denise RicksAugust 18: The Pikes Peak Ascent saw four Team Colorado runners toe the line on Saturday. Rickey Gates, the Nomadic runner, moved his way up the field in the second half of the race to place 2nd OA with a time of 2:15:42 behind eventual race winner, Jason Delaney of Golden, CO.
Gates approaching the finish line atop the 14,115 ft summit of Pikes Peak
Maksimow finishes in the number on his bib
August 19: In the Pikes Peak Marathon Team Colorado's Alex Nichols took on the tough and grueling race, gaining then losing 7,815 vertical feet, to face some of the best mountain and trail runners in the world. After having the lead a few miles into the race, he reached the top in 2nd behind Killian Jornet of Spain in 2:22:51 and held off the fast charging 2011 World Mountain Running Champion Max King to finish in 2nd place OA in a time of 3:47:25. Congratulations to Alex on an impressive performance!
(L to R) Nichols, Jornet, King on the podium of the PPM
Results
Photos courtesy of PikesPeakSports.us
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